The Chinese New Year's Eve in Baimei County is not much different from other places. Sticking Spring Festival Meals, setting off firecrackers, and eating New Year's Meals - the reason why it is not called Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner, Baimei County's Chinese New Year's Eve Meals are often eaten at noon. After eating, the children went out to set off fireworks together, the adults rubbed mahjong together, watched the Spring Festival Gala, and later went to the temple fair to watch the bell ringing-

Although these simple and not very special traditions are almost the first novel experience for Lu Xiaorou.

"Look, soak these in water for free, then stir them and heat them on the pot, and they will become very sticky......"

Lu Xiaorou watched Su Mo prepare rice cereal in the kitchen, with curiosity and admiration written on her face, "Is there any special meaning to this?" Grandpa used to stick it directly with glue or tape. ”

"Meaning...... Anyway, it's a tradition that we've inherited a long time ago. Su Mo put the boiled rice cereal into the basin, Lu Xiaorou handed the brush over, Su Mo took the brush and stirred it, and a pungent smell of wheat hit him.

"Brother Su Mo, it's so fragrant......"

"yes, but you can't eat it."

Su Mo scared Lu Xiaojudo, "When I was a child, I took a bite because I was angry, and then I had intestinal adhesions, and it was repaired after surgery." ”

Lu Xiaorou's mouth opened wide in surprise, but after seeing Su Mo's expression change, she immediately showed a somewhat annoyed expression, "Brother Su Mo, you lie to me...... Treat me like a child. ”

"You're a kid......"

Su Mo gently pinched Lu Xiaorou's nose.

"Ah, it's stained with ......" Su Mo wiped the tip of Lu Xiaorou's nose with his little fingers that didn't stick to the rice paste.

"I—I'll wipe it myself."

Su Mo quietly looked at Xiaorou's posture of wiping her nose with her hands, and felt an indescribable liking in her heart.

I'd love to get up and take a bite.

Su Mo moved the ladder to paste the Spring Festival couplets outside the door, and Lu Xiaorou helped hold the ladder next to her, and by the way, she saw if there was any crooked sticking.

"Is that okay?"

"A little bit above...... Left, left. ”

Su Mo and Xiaorou were sticking to the Spring Festival couplets, and the neighbor aunt next door passed by and saw it, and immediately greeted Su Mo with a smile, "Su Mo, you are really a good boy, you are good at reading, and you are strong in college, why did you bring your girlfriend home so quickly?" ”

"Ahh......h I'm his sister......"

Lu Xiaorou responded embarrassedly, and the aunt smiled, "Haha, it's not that the aunt has never been young, don't use this excuse to fool the elders......"

"Aunt Su, is Brother Fei going home for the New Year this year?" Su Mo directly diverted the topic.

"Hey, don't mention that kid...... I'm 28 this year, when will I find a wife back? ”

"Soon, auntie." Su Mo smiled and said, "I bet you, you will be able to hold your grandson next year." ”

"Haha...... How did you become so good at talking when you went to college? It's good to be a college student...... If my family Ah Fei had worked hard to study back then, he wouldn't have ......."

Brother Su Mo originally left the impression that he was a relatively introverted nerd, but in Lu Xiaorou's opinion, this was not the case.

He is a very talkative person, just like Sister Yili, completely different from himself......

Su Mo and Lu Xiaorou finished the Spring Festival couplets and began to help the family clean up and prepare the New Year's dinner.

Today's rare thing is that Su's father is in charge of the kitchen, and Su's mother is on the side, Su Mo's kitchen is not big, so naturally there is no room for Lu Xiaorou to help.

"You go to watch TV or go out, there's nothing for you to do here, and the New Year's dinner won't be eaten until the afternoon."

"Well, okay—"

When Lu Xiaorou returned to the living room, she turned around and wanted to enter the room, but was stopped by Su Mo and told to stop.

"Hey, you don't want to do your homework today, do you?"

"Ah...... I, I'm used to drilling into the room......" Lu Xiaorou was a little overwhelmed, "That...... I watched TV with Su Mo's brother? ”

"What's so nice about TV, go out for a walk with me, it's interesting outside now."

"Ah...... Good. ”

On the street in Chinese New Year's Eve, there will always be a deafening sound of firecrackers, almost all the shops on the street are closed, and the empty street has an inexplicable sense of loneliness.

Su Mo took Xiaorou's hand and rolled the road together, walking on the street, Xiaorou seemed a little silent, keeping her head down as if she was thinking about something.

"Hmm...... You actually still want to stay at home, don't you? ”

Su Mo felt that his invitation was a little abrupt, "Yes...... Are you accommodating me? ”

"No, no...... Lu Xiaorou hurriedly denied, "As long as you are with Brother Su Mo, you will be happy wherever you go." ”

Moreover, if you are shopping outside, you can hold Brother Su Mo's hand......

"When I was a child, my favorite thing was the streets during the Chinese New Year, because there were so many noisy streets to see, and occasionally they ...... With the doors closed, there is a feeling that the whole street belongs to itself. ”

"Hmm...... yes. Lu Xiaorou said softly, "I feel like I can yell unscrupulously...... Something like that. ”

"Doesn't Xiaorou usually do that kind of thing?" Su Mo tilted his head and said, "When we used to be in the third year of high school, if we were under a lot of pressure to study, we would take the initiative to run and exercise after self-study, and then yell on the playground. In the past, there were grade directors who would catch it. ”

"We have that too." Xiao Rou agreed with Su Mo's point of view, "But I'll ...... The pressure is actually okay, I'm not that stressed. ”

"It's worthy of our family's Xiaorou, and she is very confident in the college entrance examination......"

Su Mo gently rubbed Lu Xiaorou's brain, she was still enjoying being touched like this as before.

"It's not so sure, it's just ......" Lu Xiaorou looked up at Su Mo, "That's it...... Now the mentality is better. ”

"Haha...... Is there any credit for this? ”

"When, of course!" Lu Xiaorou said with a straight face, "All ...... It's all the credit of Brother Su Mo—"

But as soon as she said this, she hesitated a little, "Also, there is also the credit of Sister Yili, Sister Yueya, and other people around me who have taken care of me...... I will repay them well when I graduate and find a job. ”

"Don't always think about repaying others, they don't expect you to repay them in the first place."

"yes, I know." Lu Xiaorou nodded, "But, because I have always been accepting help from others, if I can also help others, it will make me feel ...... Well, it's a reassuring feeling. ”

Lu Xiaorou's voice was full of tenderness, and she held Su Mo's hand tighter, "Especially...... Brother Su Mo can need my words. ”

"What do you mean...... I've always needed Rou-"

"It's not that kind of ......," Lu Xiaorou said softly, "I hope that one day, in some places, at certain times, I can only be alone." ”

Only...... Do you need a little soft......

Su Mo and Yili have always been a pair that rely on each other and support each other in their previous lives.

But now Lu Xiaorou only needs him unilaterally, Xiaorou is not "necessary" for him, and the lack of such a sense of security is also a matter of course......

At this time, a store that was still open appeared in front of Su Mo and Lu Xiaorou.

I said...... Xiao Rou. ”

Su Mo looked at the fireworks wholesale store opposite and said, "At night, do you want to set off fireworks together?" ”